Racing

Nancy's Nook

With the cost of resting a thoroughbred racehorse ever escalating, "waiver claiming," a measure new to Mountaineer, has been adopted. Under the owner-friendly regulation, any runner unstarted for at least six months can be entered without risk of claim in any sellng race pegged at the same tag or higher than that for which the animal last started. This option applies only to the horse's initial start off-the-bench and, if exercised, does result in the entire contest being categorized by DRF as a waiver claimer.